I'm more excited for these than the actual Episode. I think these could be more fun and have less riding on them, freeing them up to be more overall than the rest._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:45 pm

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Jedi JoeMaster

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Caedus_16 wrote:

Well we knew this would happen didn't we?

I'm more excited for these than the actual Episode. I think these could be more fun and have less riding on them, freeing them up to be more overall than the rest.

I honestly think they should have went this route without doing a Sequel Trilogy, but that's water under the bridge now.

I have a feeling that these will be tie-ins to the ST though, possibly to bridge the gap between VI and VII..._________________

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:48 pm

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Caedus_16Master

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Jedi Joe wrote:

Caedus_16 wrote:

Well we knew this would happen didn't we?

I'm more excited for these than the actual Episode. I think these could be more fun and have less riding on them, freeing them up to be more overall than the rest.

I honestly think they should have went this route without doing a Sequel Trilogy, but that's water under the bridge now.

I have a feeling that these will be tie-ins to the ST though, possibly to bridge the gap between VI and VII...

Indeed. Disney did their Marvel franchise with standalone character films leading to The Avengers, I have no doubt that they'll do exactly the same thing with SW. So I'm just waiting to see how the whole thing plays out before either my rage fit or my roar of triumph._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:46 am

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I still wonder about the viability of random space opera, which is essentially what any SW spin off movie is without being based around the characters from the OT. The hanger that made it work before was the promise of continuity so those stories were SW, but with that gone than to the general movie goer Ep. 1 to 6 and so on is the only SW and anything else is just... something else.

As you can see the popularity goes from new trilogy starter, trilogy ender, and then first sequel, and spin off last. If that trend continues than Ep. VII stands to be a high grosser and every other movie following it will be less profitable than all of it's predecessors.

I know that Disney plans on making a million more SW movies, but that's not a good bank. They should wait to see the numbers on trilogy 3 before green lighting more SW movies.

Than again, every SW movie has made profit and the real profit has always been in merchandising, which Disney knows how to handle._________________Unsure whether it was desire or despair that kept me drawing breath. When all my dreams came down to nothing, left me just another piece of meat. For you I carried my life on in my teeth. Through betrayed years and bloody tears, and pits where you can only crawl. Poor Grendel's had an accident... So may you all.

Ben Skywalker film. Please? I was thinking, the other day, that if the sequels are set beyond FOTJ, it may be a bit too difficult to fit the entire backstory of several characters (which may not be necessary anyway, depending on how it's handled, but just in case it is, it may be difficult), and so it may drive away some viewers. Having spin-offs could help this._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:55 am

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Caedus_16Master

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Life Is The Path wrote:

Ben Skywalker film. Please? I was thinking, the other day, that if the sequels are set beyond FOTJ, it may be a bit too difficult to fit the entire backstory of several characters (which may not be necessary anyway, depending on how it's handled, but just in case it is, it may be difficult), and so it may drive away some viewers. Having spin-offs could help this.

Considering the new films are meant to overwrite the EU i don't think Ben exists anymore though._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:58 am

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BOB IGER: THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT SOME STAND-ALONE FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT AND I CAN CONFIRM TO YOU TODAY THAT IN FACT WE ARE WORKING ON A FEW STANDALONE FILMS LARRY KASDAN AND SIMON KINBERG ARE BOTH WORKING ON FILMS DERIVED FROM GREAT STAR WARS CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERALL SAGA SO WE STILL PLAN TO MAKE STAR WARS 7, 8 AND 9 ROUGHLY OVER A SIX YEAR PERIOD OF TIME STARTING IN 2015 BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE A FEW OTHER FILMS RELEASED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME TOO.

"WORKING ON FILMS DERIVED FROM GREAT STAR WARS CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERALL SAGA" I wonder if that means these are original characters or if he means these films are simply not part of the core story?_________________
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:10 pm

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The rumors that I've read seem to indicate a film about Yoda, so I think they might mean characters from the saga, not original characters._________________"But it was so artistically done."

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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:14 pm

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Caedus_16Master

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GrandMaster wrote:

The rumors that I've read seem to indicate a film about Yoda, so I think they might mean characters from the saga, not original characters.

A Yoda film? I'd take that._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:50 pm

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VileZeroMaster

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Darth Skuldren wrote:

Quote:

BOB IGER: THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT SOME STAND-ALONE FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT AND I CAN CONFIRM TO YOU TODAY THAT IN FACT WE ARE WORKING ON A FEW STANDALONE FILMS LARRY KASDAN AND SIMON KINBERG ARE BOTH WORKING ON FILMS DERIVED FROM GREAT STAR WARS CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERALL SAGA SO WE STILL PLAN TO MAKE STAR WARS 7, 8 AND 9 ROUGHLY OVER A SIX YEAR PERIOD OF TIME STARTING IN 2015 BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE A FEW OTHER FILMS RELEASED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME TOO.

"WORKING ON FILMS DERIVED FROM GREAT STAR WARS CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERALL SAGA" I wonder if that means these are original characters or if he means these films are simply not part of the core story?

Well if you read his quote accurately:

LARRY KASDAN AND SIMON KINBERG ARE BOTH WORKING ON FILMS DERIVED FROM GREAT STAR WARS CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERALL SAGA

Part Three: A Scary Grievous, And A Happy New (Hope) Year._________________Unsure whether it was desire or despair that kept me drawing breath. When all my dreams came down to nothing, left me just another piece of meat. For you I carried my life on in my teeth. Through betrayed years and bloody tears, and pits where you can only crawl. Poor Grendel's had an accident... So may you all.

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:17 am

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Caedus_16Master

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Dog-Poop_Walker wrote:

Star Wars Holiday Special Two: A Very Chewie Chanukah.

Part Three: A Scary Grievous, And A Happy New (Hope) Year.

I'm not proud of it, but I'd go see both of those at midnight showings._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:48 am

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ReepicheepMaster

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Caedus_16 wrote:

I'm more excited for these than the actual Episode. I think these could be more fun and have less riding on them, freeing them up to be more overall than the rest.

Agreed 100%. These I could actually get excited about (especially if they make a Boba Fett movie *coughcough* )._________________
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